Clap, don’t cheer and no high-fives, Olympic spectators told

Tokyo Games organisers published a code of conduct on Wednesday

John Coates, vice president of the IOC, right, and Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, third from right, visit the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, the venue for gymnastics events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Koji Sasahara/AP Photo/Bloomberg

John Coates, vice president of the IOC, right, and Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, third from right, visit the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, the venue for gymnastics events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Koji Sasahara/AP Photo/Bloomberg

High-fiving, autograph-hunting and towel-waving will all be off limits to spectators at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

A code of conduct was published by the local organising committee on Wednesday after it was confirmed earlier this week that Games venues could be 50 per cent full, up to a maximum of 10,000 people.

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